The Chaotix in "The Doomsday Brethren"
                Fanfic by Daniel Wheeler

Chapter 1>  The First Attack

        Vector and Mighty were playing with a tetherball one day when
they were attacked by a ninja beetle.  "I am Kendo Beetle.  My master Shi
Ni Mantis had sent me here to cause damage to this floating continent
until the guardian should surrender the Chaos Emerald!"

        Vector said "Well, Knuckles is helping Sonic and Princess Sally
at the moment.  But that doesn't mean we're gonna hand over the emerald. 
'Cuz the answer is no!"  "Then so be it!," roared Kendo Beetle.  "Shi Ni
Mantis will unleash his ninja magic unless you do surrender.  If you
change your mind, the brethren's base is in the Sandopolis Zone."

        "Looks like old Kendo tipped us off!," whispered Mighty the
Armadillo.  "Now we know where they are.  Let's get the other Chaotix and
stop these creeps fast!"  "Way ahead of ya, Mighty!," said Vector as they
set out to find the rest of the Chaotix.

Chapter 2>  Search for the Chaotix

        Mighty went searching for Charmy Bee when he noticed that his
hive was under attack by a karate-using wasp.  "You gotta help the queen,
Mighty!  Karate Wasp's got her cornered!,"  said Charmy.  Using a Power
Gem, Mighty shrinks himself to the size of Charmy and gets into the hive.
 Upon locating Karate Wasp, he used his fists to K. O. the wasp before he
could counter.

        While Mighty was fighting the wasp, Vector was looking for Espio.
 Heavy and Bomb were being chased around by a mysterious
nunchuku-whirling giant ant.  Vector lashed the monster with his tail. 
"Thanks for slowing the thing down, Vector," said a familiar voice, "Now
I can get a clean shot at this thing."  Sure enough, Espio came out of
hiding and took out the ant.

        "Thank you, Espio," said Heavy.  Bomb "pinged" his thanks.  Espio
said "That's one of Shi Ni Mantis' Ninja Ants.  They're the basic foot
soldiers of his armies."  Mighty and Charmy Bee finally caught up with
the rest.  "Yo, let's get goin'!  Whaddya say?  Let's go to Sandopolis
and make Shi Ni's day!," rapped Vector.


Chapter 3>  Trek in the Desert 

        The Chaotix traveled through the Sandopolis Zone, battling Ninja
Ants along the way.  Soon, they reached a caravan that was under attack. 
Obviously, Kendo Beetle was at it again.  Heavy shot a laser beam at him,
while Bomb blew up a few of his Ninja Ants.  "You will pay for this
humiliation!," cried Kendo as he retreated.  The caravan cheered and
followed them; because of their example, they were willing to help them.

        Then, in a few hours, they arrived at an old-looking pyramid
which was actually brand new.  They knew it was Shi Ni Mantis' base
because there were Ninja Ants guarding it.  Mighty said "I'll clear the
guards."  "No," said a woman in the caravan, "we will take them out."  At
saying that, her son jump kicked the ant at the gate.  The caravan was
creating a diversion!  The Chaotix decided to get in quickly.


Chapter 4>  Inside the Fortress of Shi Ni Mantis

        Charmy went down into the hole for a brief moment and saw, to his
suprise, a fort underground.  He flew back up and said "It seems the
pyramid is just the entrance.  The fortress in down their!"  "Yeah," said
Vector, "but how do we get down there without going splat?"  Heavy
activates some glider wings and said to Charmy "You go on ahead down
there, Charmy.  I'll carry the rest down with me."

        Once they glided down at the bottom, Mighty punched the guard at
the gates, then smashed the gates open.  Once inside, they looked to see
a map of an intricate maze.  "This is probably the map to the fort," said
Espio.  Charmy sighed "What a time for Archimedes to be down with
Knuckles, Sonic, and Sally!"  Vector just ripped the map off the wall and
said "Let's just use the map!"  After an hour or two of wandering, they
finally found the correct route to Shi Ni Mantis.

        The first trap along the way was a series of stinging steam
vents.  Charmy flew through the maze and shut off the flow.  The second
obstacle was a laser grid.  Vector easily slipped through and took out
the power source.  Third was a strong stone wall, which Mighty punched
down without hesitation.  Espio passed the fourth test-- a seeing eye
gate--and opened it.  The final test before Shi Ni was a diamong-studded
lock on the door.  Heavy placed Bomb on the lock and blew it up.

        The path was clear.  Now all that was left was Shi Ni Mantis.


Final Chapter>  The Big Takedown

        Shi Ni Mantis, seeing that his forces are outfought and his traps
out of commission, said "So you have defied my order of surrendering the
Chaos Emerald and passed my guards.  Very well, I'll handle you all
myself!"  He charged right at him and was stung by Charmy, but he
retaliated by swatting the bee.  Bomb tried to blow him up, but he backed
off before Bomb exploded.  He charged at Heavy and put a decent-sized
dent in his armor.

        Mighty punched Shi Ni good, but when the mantis recovered, he
attacked with a good spin kick.  Espio had no luck in bringing him down
either; he was easily spotted by ninja magic and was taken down.  It was
all up to Vector now.  His smooth moves were just what was needed to
defeat the leader of the Doomsday Brethren.  He played a CD to distract
him, then gave a good tail lash to take him down.  He then used an elbow
drop to K. O. the bug.  Shi Ni Mantis was defeated.  There was a power
ring in the room.  When Vector touched it, he and his buddies were taken
back to the surface.

        Knuckles arrived with Sonic and Sally minutes after they
returned.  "Did we miss anything?," Knuckles asked.  Vector winked to the
rest of the Chaotix and said "Oh, no.  Not a thing!"

                                        The End
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